News & Community Stories
Local stories about leaders going above and beyond to ensure a sustainable future in Taranaki.
Ruru offers unexpected life lessons at Rotokare
Someone gate-crashed the ‘Kiwi’ project at the Te Ara Taiao o Kaitake hikoi to Rotokare to learn about the kiwi kohanga…
Te Ara Taiao O Kaitake – Hikoi to the Kiwi Kōhanga
The Kaitake based students have been working hard in and around the Maunga and Kaitake ranges to learn all they can about Kiwi, their habitat, how to protect them…
Kiwis Create Life-long Memories
Ngā Motu students saw Kiwis up close for the first time at Pukeiti before the manu (birds) were released on the Kaitake Ranges.
Anton’s Weta Watcher - using artificial intelligence to accelerate wildlife conservation
A lively turn out of twenty-five people attended the first Taranaki Soup event hosted by Startup Taranaki at the Do Box on 24th February. A collective $500 raised went to the winning idea - Victor Anton’s Wētā Watcher, a device that autonomously takes photos of ground-dwelling invertebrates and herpetofauna (lizards/geckos).